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Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
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